Main points
- Former SBU General Volodymyr Lyapkin died in the war on March 17, 2026.
- He was previously reported as suspected of collaborationist activities.
On March 17, 2026, the former head of one of the departments of the Security Service of Ukraine, Major General Volodymyr Lyapkin, died in the war. Most recently, he served in the “Bars-33” unit.
The first to report the death of Major General was pro-Russian politician Oleg Tsarev. The publication “Mediazon” also confirmed the death of Vladimir Lyapkin.
Who was General Lyapkin, who was liquidated in Ukraine?
Major General Volodymyr Lyapkin held the position of head of the operational documentation department in the SBU. As Oleg Tsaryov writes, his area of responsibility included the “invisible side of the SBU's work” – wiretapping, external surveillance, and information gathering.
Lyapkin received the rank of Major General in 2013. At that time, according to Tsaryov, he personally participated in the dispersal of protests on the Maidan.
Volodymyr Lyapkin was dismissed from the SBU in February 2014. The former officer fled to Russia and settled in annexed Crimea.
After the start of the war and the occupation of Kherson, Volodymyr Lyapkin received the position of deputy head of the so-called “State Security Service of the Kherson Region.”
The founder of this “State Security” was Lyapkin's former boss in the SBU, Oleksandr Yakymenko, who headed the Ukrainian special service from January 2013 to February 2014 and also fled to Russia.
In 2025, the Prosecutor General's Office informed Lyapkin of suspicion of collaboration activities.
According to the investigation, while serving as deputy and acting head of the “State Security Service”, he was engaged in “filtration measures” and repressions against the civilian population.
The UCP believes that after the formal liquidation of this structure, its successor was the FSB administration in the occupied Kherson region.
Oleg Tsarev claims that Lyapkin's general rank was “de facto preserved,” and he allegedly remained a major general for the Russian special services. At the same time, there is no confirmation in open official documents that he was awarded the rank of major general of the FSB or other Russian security agencies.
Tsarev's post notes that Lyapkin served in the Bars-33 unit under the call sign “Baty”.
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